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Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.127, 13 December 1845 - 23 December 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/127
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 13, 1845 to December 24th, 1845 while traveling through Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, and en route to Charleston, South Carolina. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 115 and seven unumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. An X is used to mark a pencil cross made at certain entries. A date written in the left margin has been inserted at the...
Dates:
13 December 1845 - 23 December 1845
Notebook No.260, 27 September 1871-7 May 1872
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/260
Scope and Contents
Red leather Notebook starts at Penrith, as Lyell then travels south, via Appleby, Lancaster to Lichfield, to London then Folkestone and into France. He travels with Mary, Hughes, Beovill, and meets with many experts along the way. Most of the notebook is written by Buckley, who orders the narrative by date using the Itinerary – with sections added by Lyell in poor writing, and others – perhaps Mary, as well as local people noting down journey times. Whilst travelling in France, Lyell makes...
Dates:
27 September 1871-7 May 1872
Syllabus of a course of twelve lectures on 'Horses of the Past and Present' delivered by Ewart as part of the Swiney Lectures on Geology, 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/5/10
Scope and Contents
The Swiney Lectures were organised in connection with the British Museum (Natural History) and ran from 6-30 December 1907. They were held in the lecture theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The syllabus is accompanied by a press cutting about the lectures and digests of two of Ewart's lectures (five and six in the series) as printed in The Veterinary Record on 11 and 18 January 1908.
Dates:
1907
The Criminal Museum at Scotland Yard, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3267
Scope and Contents
Illustration from the Graphic of July 16 1884 and handwritten text describing the items found in the Criminal Museum at Scotland Yard in London.
Dates:
1870s-1930s